Carl Lutz

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Carl Lutz was a Swiss diplomat renowned for his large-scale rescue of tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust through protective documents and safe houses in Budapest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Swiss diplomat
human
associatedWith Swiss diplomatic protection system in Budapest
international efforts to rescue Jews during the Holocaust
associatedWithEvent Hungary in World War II
surface form: German occupation of Hungary

deportation of Hungarian Jews
basedIn Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest
surface form: Swiss legation in Budapest
commemoratedFor saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews
commemoratedIn memorials in Budapest
memorials in Switzerland
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland
employer Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
surface form: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Swiss embassies
surface form: Swiss legation in Budapest
ethicalMotivation humanitarian duty
religious conviction
familyName Lutz
fieldOfWork diplomacy
humanitarian rescue
givenName Carl
helpedRescue Hungarian Jews
Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution
honoredBy YadVashem
surface form: Yad Vashem
legacy pioneer of large-scale diplomatic rescue operations
symbol of Swiss humanitarian efforts during the Holocaust
moralStance opposition to Nazi persecution of Jews
movement humanitarianism
name Carl Lutz self-link
nationality Swiss
notableFor establishing safe houses for Jews in Budapest
issuing protective documents to Jews in Budapest
rescue of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust
occupation consul
diplomat
participatedIn rescue of Jews in Hungary
placeOfActivity Budapest
protectedByDocuments tens of thousands of Jews
recognizedAs Righteous Among the Nations
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residenceDuringWar Budapest
role Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest
timePeriod Holocaust
World War II
surface form: Second World War
tookRisk defied Nazi and Hungarian authorities
exceeded official diplomatic mandate to save lives
usedMethod Schutzbriefe
collective letters of protection
protective passports
safe houses under Swiss protection

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Carl Lutz name Carl Lutz self-link
Holocaust in Hungary resistedBy Carl Lutz